Meet UTRF's Commercialization Analyst Interns from UT Knoxville's Winston College of Law |
Each year, UTRF welcomes graduate students into its Commercialization Analyst Program, offering a hands-on introduction to technology transfer at the intersection of science, law and business.
Throughout the internship, commercialization analyst interns work alongside UTRF's licensing team to help evaluate, market and license innovative technologies developed across the UT System. Their work provides a firsthand look at how university discoveries move from the laboratory to the marketplace while exposing them to intellectual property, entrepreneurship and the commercialization process.
This year, three rising 2L law students from UT Knoxville's (UTK's) Winston College of Law are gaining firsthand experience in technology transfer while exploring how their legal education and STEM backgrounds can help bring new innovations to market.
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Fiscal Year 2026 Statistics*
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*Numbers reflect information 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026 and are subject to change
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- 192 Invention Disclosures
- 131 U.S. Patents Filed
- 14 U.S. Patents Issued
- 39 Licenses
- 4 Startups
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- 75 Innovations Being Marketing
- 787 Companies Contacted
- 116 Company Responses
- 57 Company Discussions
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| Innovation Disclosures |
U.S. Patents Filed | U.S. Patents Issued | Licenses |
Startups |
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| 192 | 131 |
14 | 39 | 4 |
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| Innovations being Marketed |
Companies Contacted | Companies Responded | Company Discussions |
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| 75 |
787 | 116 |
57 |
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UT Ventures Makes Inaugural Investment in Solaris |
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Investment reflects UT Ventures’ commitment to backing high-growth companies with UT alumni in leadership roles |
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UT Ventures, UT's angel investment network and an initiative of UTRF, made its first investment in Solaris Endovascular, Inc., a Dallas-based medical device company developing next-generation endovascular technologies for patients with dialysis access complications and peripheral artery disease.
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Technology Maturation Award Now Accepting Applications |
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Applications Due to Campus Specific Office of Research by October 31, 2026 |
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UTRF's Technology Maturation Award aims to assist innovators in advancing new technologies on the path to market by awarding up to $20,000 in direct costs to the highest ranking proposals.
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Outreach completed by the UTRF team during July 2026
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Attended the NobleReach kickoff meeting with UT selection, ApexAI.
- Met with BASF to explore future collaboration opportunities alongside UT Knoxville's Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Development.
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Attended the annual UT System Summer Communicators Retreat at the IPS Training Facility in Nashville.
- Attended the annual SEC Tech Transfer Directors meeting.
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UT Innovators with newly opened disclosures in June 2026.
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Ali Mizrak
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Douglas Aaron
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Matthew Mench
Tickle College of Engineering, Wayne T. Davis Dean's Chair, Chancellor's Professor & Condra Chair
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Fuhar Dixit
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Kevin Smith
College of Arts & Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
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Eric Lass
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
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Bilge Gokcecik
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Gabriel Goenaga Jimenez
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Preetam Sharma
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Janice Musfeldt
College of Arts & Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
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Daniel Morris
College of Arts & Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
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Alfredo Navarrete Nunez
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
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Izetta Slade
College of Health, Education and Professional Studies, Dept. of Applied Leadership and Learning
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Monica Jablonski
Hamilton Eye Institute, Dept. of Ophthalmology
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Wei Li
College of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Hao Chen
College of Medicine - Memphis, Dept. of Pharmacology, Addiction Science & Toxicology
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Abdul Majid
College of Medicine - Memphis, Dept. of Physiology
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Mojdeh Dehghan
General Dentistry
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Weikuan Gu
College of Medicine - Memphis, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
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Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa
Hamilton Eye Institute, Dept. of Ophthalmology
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Djamel LeBeche
College of Medicine - Memphis, Dept. of Physiology
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Mir Kamal
College of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Hassan Almoazen
College of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Daranee Versluis
General Dentistry
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